by Autumn | Sep 5, 2017 | News and Events, Tips, Writing
When I decided to start writing novels, I mean seriously start writing them and not just occasionally playing with a story idea, it had been AGES since my undergraduate creative writing courses. English degree or not, I knew I needed a refresher. Thus began what...
by Autumn | Jun 27, 2017 | Tips, Writing
Have you ever wanted to do someone in? Okay, I’m not asking for confessions here, so consider that question rhetorical. 😉 But I am willing to bet that you are a good person. You think of your loved ones and are kind to animals, I’m sure. I’m also willing to bet you’ve...
by Autumn | Aug 19, 2016 | Tips, Writing
Have you ever been writing and needed a name? And you couldn’t write any more until you’d thought of the perfect one? Rejecting and brainstorming ideas for minutes to … the next day. Why is that? Why won’t any name do? Or why can’t you just put in a blank or an ‘X’...
by Autumn | May 13, 2016 | Tips, Writing
Floundering. I won’t say writer’s block, but I will admit that when I started my current WIP the flow came in drips and drabs. I dreaded starting a new chapter because I just didn’t have a good sense of what was going to happen. Or what should...
by Autumn | Jan 16, 2015 | Tips, Writing
Do you want to be the hero of your story, your life? I would expect that most people would say yes. That, to them, their life is about them, and not about playing a supporting role to someone else’s story. We experience life in first person. Every one of us. Even when...
